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  ds486.0 Detailed Metadata

Overview
Dataset Citation:
Brazilian Air Ministry, and U.S. National Climatic Data Center, 1994: Hourly Surface Observations for Brazilian Stations, 1951Jan-1980Dec. Dataset ds486.0 published by the CISL Data Support Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, available online at http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds486.0/.
Types of data:
  • Platform Observations
 Data formats:
  • Dataset-specific ASCII
Data contributors:
  • BR/BAM > Brazilian Air Ministry, Brazil
  • DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Total volume:  115.143 Mbytes

Summary for Platform Observations in ASCII Format
Observing PlatformObservation Type
  • Data Types
Average Frequency of Data
(varies by individual platform ID and data type)		Temporal/Geographical Coverage
(each dot represents a 3° box containing one or more observations)
Land StationSurface
  • Layer cloud amount (eighth)
  • Total sky cover (eighth)
  • Layer cloud direction (8-point compass setting)
  • Layer cloud height (dekameter)
  • Layer cloud type code
  • Relative humidity (%)
  • Precipitation amount (mm to tenths)
  • Altimeter setting (mbar to tenths)
  • 3-hour pressure change (mbar to tenths)
  • Sea level pressure (mbar to tenths)
  • Station pressure (mbar to tenths)
  • Pressure tendency code
  • Dew point temperature (deg C)
  • Dry bulb temperature (deg C)
  • Wet bulb temperature (deg C)
  • Horizontal visibility (dekameter)
  • Present weather code
  • Wind direction (tens of degree)
  • Wind gust (knot)
  • Wind speed (knot)
  • 1 per hour
  • 1 to 20 per day
  • 1 to 3 per week
  • 1 to 3 per month
  • 1 to 6 per year
1951-01-01 to 1980-12-31 

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